Drying plant for moist substances



May 15, 1934. w. PONNDOF y 1,959,304

DRYING PLANT FQR MOIST SUBSTANCES v Filed April 12. 1952 117.yafuzdarf.'

rarement, i5,f1934 l UNITED sTATEs i PATENT. oFFlcr.;

I T llassantl T v .A mi m Siebertshausen, Treysa-Land, cm1, Ge

Application April 12,v 1932, Serial No. 604,712`

v In Germany December 8, 1931 z owns; (Cl. .aa-44)' With trough-shapeddrying apparatus for ex. improved plant. Figure 2 is a plan thereof, andhausted wet malt and 4similar substances the re-l Figure 3 is afront-view of the same. spective substance to be dried is received in aOn the drawing, ldenotes the receptacle for receptacle i'rom which it isconveyed and sup.- the wet or'moist substance to be dried, and 21s 5plied automatically to the drying drum proper by the drying apparatusproper. 'The two Adevices 00 means of conveying worms or the like. Saidreare arranged side by side, as shown, and they ceptacles are verybulky, in consequence whereof have practically the same length; at anyrate, the complete plant requires correspondingly much the dryingdevice2 is not longer than the respace. In order to be able to do'with asmaller ceptacle l. 3 denotes the common wall of the l space resourcehas already been taken to a commembers l and 2' of the plant, and 4 isthe ex- 05 j mon base frame for the said receptacle, the drying tensionthereof, which is so shaped andcurved apparatus proper, and'the dryingmeans for the that it constitutes'also the cover or hood ofthe conveyingworm or its equivalent. Although such drying apparatus. and' 6 are theheating elean arrangement and combination of the parts ments which arelocated below the members 1 concerned constitutes .an improvement of theand 2, andare so designed that they constitute 70 vprevious state,still, itis notan actually satisfying the 'common base for the saidother members, solution of the problem, especially if a moist orinclusive the motor 7 and the power-transmitwet substance, such asexhausted malt or therllke ting means. A separate base frame, ashitherto is to be dealt with. requisite, is now no more necessary, orcan be, l

2o The present invention relates to an improved and is, dispensed with,whereby the weight of 75 drying plant in which the receptacle to bedealt the complete plant is reduced and its portablewith and the dryingapparatus are arranged sidey ness improved. As the base frame formerlyby side in horizontalr position, the length of the requisiteis'obviated, there is also from this readrying apparatus beingso chosenthat it does not son much building material saved and the pricesurpassthe length of the said receptacle, vand cost and erection costs areconsiderably reduced. 30

these members, as well as the drying means for I claim: f the supply orfeed means, being located on a com' 1. `A drying apparatus for moist orwet sub. mon base frame. Where the receptacle and the' stances,comprising, in combination, horizontal drying drum Join one another,theyhave a comheating elements located below the bottom of 3o mon wallwhich extends upwardly beyond the rethe apparatus and constituting the`supports 85 ceptacle and the prodecting portion of which is so thereof;a horizontal drying device located upon shaped and bent as to form acover for the dry-v said heating elements; a horizontal receptacle 4 ingdrum. A further particular feature is this for the material tobe dried,said receptacle being that the heating elements requisite for the properattached to one of the longitudinal sides of said operation of the plantare so designed and ar. drying device between said heating elements and90 ranged below the other members that they co'ny the top .of saiddrying device andv having on sti'tute the common base for all saidmembers. th't Side a (50111111011 `Willi With the Same. 4 this Baesidesthe saving of space, another important common wall extending from thetop to the botl advantage presented by that new arrangement tom 0f Saidreceptacle and combination of the parts constituting the 3- A dryingapparatus for m0it 0r Wet sub' 95.' plant is this that a big part of theheat taken up stances, comprising, in combination, horizontal by thecommon wall mentioned is transmitted to atmg eellents lgateg tlg ubottomrt e appa la us an co s u g suppo l ilest r xg matllprlesfnt in the ecpcthereof; a .horizontal drying device'located upon y@ co spo gy a geamoun o s 9' -said heating elements; a horizontal receptacle 100 issaved' Owing to the pmvision of Said commun forthe material to be dried,said receptacle being Wan' a corresponding amount of material forattached to one of the longitudinal sides of said making the Plant isSaved the. more as als@ the ldrying device between said heating elementsand4 two frontal walls of the combined receptacle and the 'wp of saiddrying device and having on y drying apparatus at 68011 end thereof aremade that side a common wall with the same, this 105 integral, wherebylikewise material, also labor, are common wall extending from `thebottom of said saved. l receptacle to the top Vthereof and further up-The invention is illustrated diagrammatically wardly so as to form alsothe top of the saidV and 'by way lof example on the accompanyingdrying'device. drawing on which Figure 14 is a side-view'of thewmHmMPoNNDoRF. 11.0

